Associations to the word «Ligation»

Wiktionary

LIGATION, noun. Something that ties, a ligature.
LIGATION, noun. The act of tying, of applying a ligature.
LIGATION, noun. The state of having a ligature, of being tied.
LIGATION, noun. (medicine) The act of tying off or sealing a blood vessel or fallopian tube during surgery.
LIGATION, noun. (chemistry) The formation of a complex by reaction with a ligand

Dictionary definition

LIGATION, noun. (surgery) tying a duct or blood vessel with a ligature (as to prevent bleeding during surgery).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King